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with Sergio Godoy, Ph. D. in Financial Economics and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University ; Moderator: Dalibor Eterovic, Managing Director at TRG

Sergio Godoy

Sergio Godoyhas more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets and central banking. Between May 2019 and April 2020, he was the Chief Economist and spokesperson for Tanner Investments (the oldest Chilean brokerage house in Chile). Before joining Tanner, between 2014 and 2019, he was Chief Economist and Portfolio Manager at the Zurich Asset Management (formerly EuroAmerica Asset Management, bought in November 2018). Previously, between 2013 and 2014, he was part-time Economist/Strategist consultant with Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2010 and 2013, he was Global Emerging Market Strategist with ING Investment Management (currently, Voya Investment Management) based in Atlanta, GA. Previously, between 2007 and 2010, he was Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income Strategy at Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2005 and 2007, he was Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile. Earlier, between 1995 and 1997, he was Chief Economist at Chilean National Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Godoy has a Ph. D. in Financial Economics and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University as well as MS in Applied Macroeconomics, BS in Economics and BS in Business Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Dalibor Eterovic

Dalibor Eterovic is a Managing Director and is a member of the Fixed Income & Currencies investment team serving as an economist at The Rohatyn Group, TRG. He is based in New York. Prior to joining TRG in September 2016, Mr. Eterovic was Chief Economist and Head of Strategy at Grupo Security, a Senior Economist at the Chilean Central Bank and a Manager of Economics and Fixed Income at Larrain Vial Investment Bank. He has also served as an economist at Merrill Lynch in London, focusing on emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was a Lecturer in Political Economics at the School of Government of the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez. Mr. Eterovic holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge, a MSc from the University of Birmingham and a B.A., from Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). His academic research has been published in several specialized international journals.

by Hermann Gonzalez, Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Latinoamerican Centre of Economic and Social Policies

Hermann Gonzalez

Hermann Gonzalez is the Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Latinoamerican Centre of Economic and Social Policies (CLAPES-UC). Previously he was the Chief Advisor and the Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Ministry of Finance (2018-2020), he also was the Principal Economists at BBVA Research Chile (2013-2018), Vice President of The Advisory Fiscal Council of Chile (2014-2018), Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Budget Office of the Ministry of Finance (2012-2013), Senior Economist of Zahler & Co (2008-2012) an Economist of the Research Division at the Central Bank of Chile (2004-2008). Hermann Gonzalez has a Bachelor and a Master Degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Chile.

Dr. Magendzo is a partner and chief economist at Pacifico Macroeconomia y Finanzas. As Macroeconomic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, he coordinated economic policy during Michelle Bachelet’s first administration, helping to formulate the policies that contributed to the sound financial structure enjoyed by Chile today. Prior to serving at the Finance Ministry, Dr. Magendzo was Manager of Macroeconomic Analysis at the Central Bank, where he provided input for and participated in Central Bank monetary policy meetings. While at the Central Bank, he also headed the modeling and forecasting division. Dr. Magendzo has taught at University Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago and has written for numerous international financial journals on topics such as currency unions, dollarization, currency pegs and monetary transmission mechanisms. He was Chief Economist for Latin America at Itau-AM, and has advised and consulted for the IMF, IADB and the World Bank. He holds a B.A. in economics and political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

by Rodrigo Yañez, Undersecretary for International Economic Relations, Government of Chile; Moredator: Sergio Godoy, Independent Consultant, Economist and Ph.D Finance, Columbia University

DATE: June 4, 2020

TIME: 10:00m - 11:00 am

Rodrigo Yañez

Rodrigo Yáñez was appointed Vice Minister of Trade for Chile on March 11, 2018. In this role, he has led Chile’s intense bilateral and multilateral trade agenda, including active participation in multilateral trade fora such as APEC, Pacific Alliance and WTO. He has also served as Chile’s G20Sherpa under the Presidencies of Argentina and Japan. During President Piñera’s previous administration (2010-2014), Rodrigo Yáñez served as Senior Advisor on international and regulatory affairs to the Presidency of the Republic. Among his responsibilities he developed foreign policy proposals and oversaw the implementation of domestic policy initiatives for different Ministries. Before taking up the role as Vice Minister, he was the Director of Financial Advisory Services at Deloitte Chile, where he led the Business Intelligence and Anticorruption, Compliance & Regulatory Advisory services. He was ranked by Chambers & Partners Latin America 2018 as a Leading Practitioner in the field of Compliance. Mr. Yáñez was also a member of the Panel on Public Works Concessions (2014-2018); Board Member of Chile’s Public Enterprise System (2013-2014); and International Cooperation Agency Board (2012-2014). Mr. Yáñez holds a Law Degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and a Master of Science in Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Sergio Godoy

Sergio Godoy has more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets and central banking. Between May 2019 and April 2020, he was the Chief Economist and spokesperson for Tanner Investments (the oldest Chilean brokerage house in Chile). Before joining Tanner, between 2014 and 2019, he was Chief Economist and Portfolio Manager at the Zurich Asset Management (formerly EuroAmerica Asset Management, bought in November 2018). Previously, between 2013 and 2014, he was part-time Economist/Strategist consultant with Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2010 and 2013, he was Global Emerging Market Strategist with ING Investment Management (currently, Voya Investment Management) based in Atlanta, GA. Previously, between 2007 and 2010, he was Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income Strategy at Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2005 and 2007, he was Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile. Earlier, between 1995 and 1997, he was Chief Economist at Chilean National Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Godoy has a Ph. D. in Financial Economics and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University as well as MS in Applied Macroeconomics, BS in Economics and BS in Business Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Ian Frederick, Chilean and Austrian, Commercial Engineer at the Adolfo Ibañez University, and graduated in law as a second career. From 2017 he is Head of the Investment Promotion Division at InvestChile, the Chilean Government agency for foreign investment attraction, Ministry of Economy. He is responsible for the attraction of FDI into Chile, the development of a national strategy for this, and implementation of a comprehensive commercial plan of activities abroad and in Chile (+150 activities in 25 countries per year). He started his career with over 10 years dedicated on strategic and commercial marketing in leading multinational companies such as Procter & Gamble and Diageo. His next 15 years have been focused on international trade development and foreign investment attraction, helping international companies establish and build their business in the country and the region of Latin-America. From 2004 to 2013 he did so working for the Australian Federal Government in Chile, as Deputy Post manager for Austrade (Australian Trade and Investment Commission) in Santiago. In this field of international expansion of companies (trade and investment projects) he can provide comprehensive advice to clients with commercial expertise and legal background on regulatory/tax matters. He works closely with Ministers and their technical teams of main sectors such as public works, energy, and economy,promoting abroad their portfolios of investments opportunities (concessions, tenders )

Ignacio Recart

Ignacio Recart is an alumni of the Universidad Diego Portales in Chile with vast experience in the facilitation and promotion of international commerce. Over the course of his career, he has worked with multinational organizations in both the public and private sectors and served a number of distinguished roles within ProChile. He has been the Head of the North American Department, Trade Commissioner of Chile in Toronto (2007-2012), and the head of the Export Promotion Competition for Industries and Services. In September 2019, Mr. Recart began his work as Trade Commissioner of Chile in New York at ProChile.

with Axel Christensen and Eric Parrado; Moderator: Igal Magendzo, Partner and Chief Economist at Pacific Research

DATE: May 28

TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Axel Christensen

Axel Christensen is Chief Investment Strategist for Latin America for BlackRock. He is also a member of the Latin America Executive Committee. Mr. Christensen's service with the firm dates back to 2009, including time with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in December, 2009. Prior to joining the firm, he was Chief Executive Officer for Cruz del Sur Inversiones, the financial services unit of largest industrial group in Chile, from 2008 to 2009. From 2002 to 2007, he was Partner and Managing Director at Moneda Asset Management, the largest independent asset management firm in Chile. Mr. Christensen also was the Chief Investment Officer at AFP Cuprum, one of Chile's largest pension fund managers, from 1997 to 2002. Between 1992 and 1997, he also held positions at Citicorp, McKinsey and Banco de Santiago. Mr. Christensen currently serves as a member of the Advisory Council on Capital Reform for Chile's Finance Ministry. He has also been a member of the Presidential Committee for Pension Reform in 2006, as well as an advisor to the World Bank and to the Finance Ministry and Securities regulator in Chile. He was nominated to the Global Young Leaders program of the World Economic Forum in 2008. Mr. Christensen earned an industrial engineering degree (with distinction) from the Catholic University of Chile in 1992 and an MBA from Stanford University in 1996, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Eric Parrado

Eric Parrado is Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank(IDB) since March 2019. Before joining the IDB, he was a professor of economics and finance at the ESE Business School of the Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Mr. Parrado is a visiting professor at Oxford University and the Central European University, and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Financial and Monetary Systems. From 2014 to 2018 he was the Superintendent of Banks and Financial Institutions in Chile, where he promoted reforms such as the modernization of banking legislation and the creation of new instruments for financial inclusion.Between 2011 and 2014, he was advisor to the Financial Committee that counsels the Ministry of Finance on the investment policy of Chile's sovereign wealth funds and professor at the Adolfo Ibáñez University. Between 2007 and 2010, he was International Finance Coordinator of the Chilean Ministry of Finance, managing Chile's sovereign wealth funds and playing a key role in the development and promotion of best practices—known internationally as the Santiago Principles —for the world's sovereign wealth funds. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Senior Economist and Financial Stability Manager at the Central Bank of Chile and, from 2001 to 2004, as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund.In 2018, ComunidadMujer distinguished Mr. Parrado as a leader in gender equality for his work on the empowerment and economic self-reliance of women in Chile. In 2016, he was admitted to the Circle of Honor of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile. In 2011, he was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum; in 2009, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Americas Business Council named him as one of a new generation of leaders in the Americas.In his career, Mr. Parrado has focused on monetary, fiscal and financial policy, advising central banks on managing inflation targeting regimes and implementing sovereign wealth funds in several countries. He has also written several academic articles on monetary policy, fiscal policy and sovereign wealth funds.Mr. Parrado, a Chilean national, has a degree in commercial engineering from the University of Chile and holds a master's and doctorate in economics from New York University.

Igal Magendzo

Dr. Magendzo is a partner and chief economist at Pacifico Macroeconomia y Finanzas. As Macroeconomic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, he coordinated economic policy during Michelle Bachelet’s first administration, helping to formulate the policies that contributed to the sound financial structure enjoyed by Chile today. Prior to serving at the Finance Ministry, Dr. Magendzo was Manager of Macroeconomic Analysis at the Central Bank, where he provided input for and participated in Central Bank monetary policy meetings. While at the Central Bank, he also headed the modeling and forecasting division. Dr. Magendzo has taught at University Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago and has written for numerous international financial journals on topics such as currency unions, dollarization, currency pegs and monetary transmission mechanisms. He was Chief Economist for Latin America at Itau-AM, and has advised and consulted for the IMF, IADB and the World Bank. He holds a B.A. in economics and political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Patricio Naviais a Clinical (Full) Professor of Liberal Studies and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University. Navia is also a Professor of Political Science at Universidad Diego Portales in Chile. Ph.D. in Politics from New York University, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Political Sciences and Sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been a visiting professor at Princeton University, New School University, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Chile and NYU Buenos Aires, and a visiting fellow at the University of Miami. He has published scholarly articles and book chapters on democratization, electoral rules and democratic institutions in Latin America. As founding director of Observatorio Electoral at Universidad Diego Portales, he has co-edited Democracia Municipal (2012), El sismo electoral de 2009. Cambio y continuidad en las preferencias políticas de los chilenos (2010) and El genoma electoral chileno. Dibujando el mapa genético de las preferencias políticas en Chile (2009). His books Diccionario de la política chilena (with Alfredo Joignant and Francisco Javier Díaz), El díscolo. Conversaciones con Marco Enríquez-Ominami (2009), Que gane el más mejor: Mérito y Competencia en el Chile de hoy (with Eduardo Engel, 2006) and Las grandes alamedas: El Chile post Pinochet (2004) have been best sellers in Chile. He is a columnist in El Líbero in Chile, Buenos Aires Herald, and Infolatam.com. He has previously penned columns for La Tercera, Capital and Poder magazines in Chile, Perfil in Argentina.

Cassandra Sweet

Cassandra Sweet is a political economist with expertise in international development. Her applied policy work spans projects for the World Bank, the World Health Organization and the United Nation’s Economic Commission on Latin America. Dr. Sweet has taught at Bard College and the Instituto de Ciencia Politica, Universidad Católica de Chile. She is the author of myriad studies in editorial houses and journals including World Development, Economics and Politics and Globalization and Health. Dr. Sweet received her BA in political science from Stanford, and her PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge. Based in New York, Dr. Sweet has lived over a decade in Latin America and is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. She has been awarded grants from the Truman, Fulbright and Gates foundations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Santiago-based think-tank Espacio Público.

Sergio Godoyhas more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets and central banking. Between May 2019 and April 2020, he was the Chief Economist and spokesperson for Tanner Investments (the oldest Chilean brokerage house in Chile). Before joining Tanner, between 2014 and 2019, he was Chief Economist and Portfolio Manager at the Zurich Asset Management (formerly EuroAmerica Asset Management, bought in November 2018). Previously, between 2013 and 2014, he was part-time Economist/Strategist consultant with Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2010 and 2013, he was Global Emerging Market Strategist with ING Investment Management (currently, Voya Investment Management) based in Atlanta, GA. Previously, between 2007 and 2010, he was Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income Strategy at Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2005 and 2007, he was Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile. Earlier, between 1995 and 1997, he was Chief Economist at Chilean National Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Godoy has a Ph. D. in Financial Economics and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University as well as MS in Applied Macroeconomics, BS in Economics and BS in Business Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Dalibor Eterovic

Dalibor Eterovic is a Managing Director and is a member of the Fixed Income & Currencies investment team serving as an economist at The Rohatyn Group, TRG. He is based in New York. Prior to joining TRG in September 2016, Mr. Eterovic was Chief Economist and Head of Strategy at Grupo Security, a Senior Economist at the Chilean Central Bank and a Manager of Economics and Fixed Income at Larrain Vial Investment Bank. He has also served as an economist at Merrill Lynch in London, focusing on emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was a Lecturer in Political Economics at the School of Government of the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez. Mr. Eterovic holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge, a MSc from the University of Birmingham and a B.A., from Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). His academic research has been published in several specialized international journals.